Dust pan or shield for automobiles.



H. E. GOFFIN. DUSYT PAN 0R SHIELD FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLIOATION FILED JULY 18. 1907.

Patented Apr. 13; 1909.

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Be it known that I, Hoivmn citizen of the United States of siding at Detroit, in the county of \Vayne and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dust Pans or Shields for Automobiles, of which. the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The invention relates to shields for rotecting t io mechanism beneath the body of an automobile from mild and dust, and the invention consists in the peculiar construc tion, with )articular reference to the means employed or detacliably securing the shield to the frame.

in the drawings l igure l is a side elevation of the shield as attached to the vehicle frame; and Fig. 2 is a cross section thereof.

A is the shield or pan, which is preferably of semi-cylindrical cross section, with its opposite end arranged beneath the side bars B of tl-eframe. C is the forward end of this pan, which tapers upward, as shown.

To detachaoly secure the pan 1n positlon, it is provided with longitudinally extending flanges D, which are return bent to-- engage with the side bars of the frame, these heing preferably channelfhars, with their flanges E. Corrnv, a America, re-

turned inward. These channel bars are.

reinforced with wooden inserts, such as E, I have'heveled at F to leaverecesses G for receiving the return bent flanges D.

The sheet material composing the pan A is sufficiently flexibleto. permit of springing inward the flanges D for engaging or disen gaging them from thezloars B.. To hold them in engagement, clips tures in the sides of the pan, and having springs d sleeved thereon. The headportions K -of these clips are provided with hooks L,'Whic'h engage with a ertures inthe sides of the channel bars B. Vith this con,-

struction, the tension of the springs J will Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 18,

T are provided,- which have shanks 1 extendingthrough aperand of turning e bars, thereby Patented A ril 13, 1909. 1967. Serial No. 384,302.

D. The return bent flanges D, in conjunc tion with the cooperating flanges of the bars B, form an absolute dust proof joint hetween'the pan and frame.

Insteadof removing the pan by springing the flanges D out of engagement with the flanges of the channel, it is ohvious that when the clips are disengaged the whole pan may he slid longitudinally into or out of engagementwith the channels.

it What I claim as my invention is:-

1. The combination with a vehicle frame and a dust pan or shield therebeneath having a flanged engagement therewith, of a clip for holding said pan from displacement comprising a hook for engaging an aperture in the frame, a shank for said hook engaging an a erture in said pan, and a spring for yieldab y drawing saidshank to engage said hook with said aperture.

2. The combination with a vehicle frame and a dust pan or shield therebeneath having a detachable flanged engagement therewith,

secured to said pan, and ahook on. said shank for on aging an aperture in said frame, said hook heing moved by the rotation of said shank to a position for clearing the frame.

- The combination with a vehicle frame edges of said shield and frame having a hooked engagement with each other, of fascomprising a series of clips extending through said shield and yieldably engaging the frame 4. The combination with a vehicle frame havingan inwardly bent flange thereon, of a dust pan or shield beneath said frame having a hooked flange engaging the flanges on the Witnesses:

AMELIA WILLIAMS, NELLIE KINSELLA.

of a clip for holding said pan from disengagemerit comprising a revoluble shank yieldabl r anda dust pan or shield therebeneath, the

tening means for said hooked engagement frame, and fastening means for securing the clips secured in-bearings in one of said mom- 

